At 04:32 PM 6/19/2001, Tony wrote: >hate to mess em up more...any ideas of how to secure >the wiper arm to the drive spline so it won't slip? or >how to rehab the splines or ???? Pull the arm. Pick the soft metal out from the shaft splines with a pin. Replace arm and tighten firmly to cut new splines in the socket. The nut will firm up as the splines contact the metal, then go another ?couple turns? then suddenly harden up as the splines bottom-- don't go past that stage. d
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